Subject: Suspend Mark-to-Market Rule under FAS 157

September 29, 2008

Mr. Chairman:

Please work to suspend the Mark-to-Market rule under FAS 157. This will provide liquidity in the credit markets that we need to relieve this crisis. Why shouldn't these so-called toxic debts be valued pursuant to a more realistic discounted cash flow analysis? Let the banks assume for valuation that they will be held until maturity (as they may ultimately have to).

Mark-to-Market is an artificial creation that causes a terrible unintended consequence. Please suspend it immediately.